What is object storage?
Our object storage is a fully managed, 100% NVMe flash solution engineered for unstructured data at scale.
Whether you’re storing machine learning datasets, media libraries, or IoT telemetry, our object storage delivers the throughput, durability, and security your business demands. HorizonIQ object storage is priced as a flat-fee. No data transfer or retrieval costs, ever.
Object storage simplified
HorizonIQ offers multiple types of multi-tenant and dedicated object storage options to match your workload.
Choose your path
HorizonIQ On-Ice
Low-cost object storage for cold and archive data perfectly suited for backup use cases.
Advanced Multi-tenant Object Storage
Our best price to performance multi-tenant object storage suited for uses cases such as data lakes, generative AI, website hosting, and more.
Available Features
- 99.999999999% (11 nines) data durability
- 99.9% availability
- 2k requests per second per bucket
- S3 API compatible
- Minimum capacity of 1TB
- Additional capacity can be added in 1TB increments
Essential Dedicated Object Storage
Our most affordable dedicated object storage arrays optimized for use cases such as archiving and exploratory analysis
Advanced Dedicated Object Storage
Our best price to performance dedicated object storage arrays optimized for use cases such as data lakes, generative AI, website hosting, and more.
Available Features
- 99.999999999% (11 nines) data durability
- 99.9% availability
- 400k requests per second per bucket
- S3 API compatible
- Minimum capacity of 1TB
- Additional capacity can be added in 1TB increments
Ultimate Dedicated Object Storage
Our highest performance dedicated object storage arrays optimized for the most demanding unstructured data use cases.
Available Features
- 99.999999999999% (14 nines) data durability
- 99.9% availability
- 1.5M requests per second per bucket
- S3 API compatible
- Minimum capacity of 1TB
- Additional capacity can be added in 1TB increments
Object Storage Benefits
Built for the data demands of tomorrow
Scalable
Whether it’s dedicated or multi-tenant, HorizonIQ object storage scales with your business. No egress fees. Pay only for what you use.
Durability and Availability
With up to 14 nines of durability and 99.9% availability, rest assured that your data is availability when you need it.
Predictable Pricing
Flat-rate pricing across all tiers ensures budget stability with no surprise usage fees, making forecasting and ROI tracking simple. No data transfer, data retrieval, or operations costs ever.
S3 Compatible
Set bucket policies, access control lists (ACLs), IAM policies, and more through the Amazon S3 API.
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Comparing object storage services?
| Criteria | HorizonIQ Advanced Multi-tenant Object Storage | Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage (with WACM) | Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage (with Powered by Backblaze) |
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| Object Storage Model | Always-hot object storage | Always-hot object storage | Always-hot object storage |
| Underlying Hardware | Ceph multi-tenant hardware cluster | Proprietary storage architecture | Proprietary Vaults & Pods architecture |
| Performance (RPS) | 2,000 RPS | ~91 RPS (PUT/GET, 10 threads, 1 MB objects via S3 benchmark tool) | 500 RPS default (upload/download per account) |
| Durability | 11 nines (99.999999999%) | 11 nines (99.999999999%) | 11 nines (99.999999999%) |
| Availability | 99.9% availability | 99.99% SLA | 99.9% uptime |
| Increments (TB) | 1 TB minimum, add in 1 TB steps | Pay-as-you-go, no minimum | 1 TB minimum, scales per TB |
| API | Fully S3 API compatible | S3 compatible + WACM Connect API | S3 compatible + Partner API |
| Use Cases | Data lakes, generative AI, website hosting, general unstructured data | Backups, archives, MSP multi-tenant, hybrid cloud | Media, analytics, SaaS backups, partner integrations |
| Support Pricing | 24/7 US-based support included at no cost. Always-available phone, email, and ticket support. | Basic: Business-hours email support. Premium ($100/mo): 24/7 phone and prioritized response. |
GIGA (Free): Email only (1-day response). TERA ($250/mo): Faster response (4h) and SLA. PETA ($500/mo): 24/7 Hotline/Slack, 2h response, SLA. |
| Customer Care | Dedicated Account Executive included for onboarding, escalation, and ongoing optimization. | Dedicated CSM not included in published support tiers. All customers use the general support queue. | TERA includes 2 named contacts, PETA includes 5 named contacts. CSM is provided for enterprise/committed-contract customers. |
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Object Storage Model
Always-hot object storage
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Underlying Hardware
Ceph multi-tenant hardware cluster
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Performance (RPS)
2,000 RPS
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Durability
11 nines (99.999999999%)
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Availability
99.9% availability
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Increments (TB)
1 TB minimum, add in 1 TB steps
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API
Fully S3 API compatible
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Use Cases
Data lakes, generative AI, website hosting, general unstructured data
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Object Storage Model
Always-hot object storage
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Underlying Hardware
Proprietary storage architecture
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Performance (RPS)
~91 RPS (PUT/GET, 10 threads, 1 MB objects via S3 benchmark tool)
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Durability
11 nines (99.999999999%)
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Availability
99.99% SLA
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Increments (TB)
Pay-as-you-go, no minimum
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API
S3 compatible + WACM Connect API
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Use Cases
Backups, archives, MSP multi-tenant, hybrid cloud
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Object Storage Model
Always-hot object storage
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Underlying Hardware
Proprietary Vaults & Pods architecture
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Performance (RPS)
500 RPS default (upload/download per account)
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Durability
11 nines (99.999999999%)
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Availability
99.9% uptime
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Increments (TB)
1 TB minimum, scales per TB
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API
S3 compatible + Partner API
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Use Cases
Media, analytics, SaaS backups, partner integrations
| Item | HorizonIQ Advanced Multi-tenant Object Storage | AWS S3 Standard | Azure Hot | Google Cloud Standard |
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| Storage | $21 TB/month | 50 TB × $0.023 = $1177 | 50 TB × $0.0184 = $942 | 50 TB × $0.022 = $1126 |
| Requests | GETs (200M): $0 PUTs (2M): $0 |
GETs (200M): $80 PUTs (2M): $10 |
Reads (200M): $80 Writes (2M): $10 |
GETs (200M): $800 PUTs (2M): $10 |
| Variant 1: In-Cloud | $1050 | $1267 | $1032 | $1936 |
| Variant 2: +20 TB Egress | $1050 | $3037 | $2772 | $3846 |
| Scenario | *Scenario represents high-usage AI training (50 TB hot storage, 200M GETs, 2M PUTs; in-cloud vs. 20 TB egress). AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud pricing varies by region, class, redundancy, and discounts—actual costs may differ. | |||
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Storage
$21 TB/month
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Requests
GETs (200M): $0 PUTs (2M): $0
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Variant 1: In-Cloud
$1050
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Variant 2: +20 TB Egress
$1050
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Storage
50 TB × $0.023 = $1,177
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Requests
GETs (200M): $80 PUTs (2M): $10
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Variant 1: In-Cloud
$1267.60
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Variant 2: +20 TB Egress
$3037.60
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Storage
50 TB × $0.0184 = $942
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Requests
Reads (200M): $80 Writes (2M): $10
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Variant 1: In-Cloud
$1032.08
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Variant 2: +20 TB Egress
$2772.08
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Storage
50 TB × $0.022 = $1126
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Requests
GETs (200M): $800 PUTs (2M): $10
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Variant 1: In-Cloud
$1936.40
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Variant 2: +20 TB Egress
$3846.40
Block Storage vs. Object Storage: What’s the Difference?
We have a number of resources to help you understand the differences between block and object storage. Click below to learn more.
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Cost Efficiency
Achieve up to 70% cost savings with our proprietary tools, optimized pricing models, and cost-efficient private cloud, bare metal, and GPU server solutions.
100% Uptime SLA
Your operations demand reliability. Our industry-leading 100% uptime SLA provides uninterrupted performance, backed by redundant systems and proactive monitoring.
Hardware Customization
Choose from 50 different CPU options, including Intel Xeon, Xeon Gold, and AMD EPYC servers. Configure virtually limitless RAM and storage options to match your AI, HPC, database, and cloud-native workloads.
Global Reach
Deploy your infrastructure where it matters most. With nine strategically located regions, we ensure low latency, high availability, and seamless scalability for your business.
Secure and Compliant
Our single-tenant infrastructure eliminates the security risks of shared environments, ensuring enterprise-grade compliance for industries requiring HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS standards.
Proactive Management
Our Compass portal provides real-time visibility, cost control, and automated infrastructure management–giving you full control over your IT environment.
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Object Storage FAQs
Our object storage service is built on flash-based NVMe hardware, which offers superior performance compared to traditional storage solutions.
HorizonIQ’s object storage service supports the S3 protocol.
Data encryption is available only on our Ultimate Dedicated Block Storage tier. Encryption is handled both at rest and in transit, using advanced encryption standards to protect your data from unauthorized access.
Yes – our object storage service can be integrated with various cloud storage solutions, allowing for hybrid storage environments. Contact our Sales Team for more information.
Data consistency is maintained through advanced data integrity checks and redundant data paths.
HorizonIQ’s object storage service has several tiers of performance which offer high performance up to 1,500,000 requests per second with 14 nines of durability.
Access control is managed through robust authentication and authorization mechanisms, including role-based access control (RBAC) and multi-factor authentication (MFA).
Yes, HorizonIQ offers two tiers of multi-tenant object storage. HorizonIQ On-Ice will be released soon and it is for archival storage where data dehydration is acceptable. HorizonIQ’s Advanced Multi-tenant Object Storage is meant for production data.
HorizonIQ partners with Veeam to provide customers same site backup options for their unstructured data needs.
HorizonIQ is currently working to enable object storage to be used for disaster recovery purposes.
There are no hard limits on the number of volumes you can create, allowing you to scale your storage infrastructure as needed.
Yes – our Compass portal provides real-time performance monitoring, including metrics such as used capacity, latency, and throughput.
Data migration between storage tiers is automated and can be scheduled based on policies such as data access frequency and performance requirements.
Yes – you can easily add more storage capacity as your business needs change without any hard storage capacity caps.
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